Video to GIF Converter
Turn a short clip into a shareable, optimized GIF.
Click to upload or drag and drop
One video file
First run downloads the ~25MB video engine once — it's cached by your browser after that.
Rendering GIF…
🔒 Your video is processed entirely on your device and never leaves your browser.
✅ Done!
Convert video to GIF online
GIFs are the easiest way to share a short looping moment: a reaction, a product demo, a tutorial step. This free video to GIF converter cuts a clip from your video and turns it into an optimized animated GIF, with control over the start time, duration, width and frame rate.
How to make a GIF from a video
- Upload a video file.
- Set the start time and duration (up to 15 seconds).
- Choose width (320, 480 or 640 px) and frames per second (8, 10 or 15).
- Click Convert to GIF, preview it, and download animation.gif.
How to keep the GIF small
- GIFs are far less efficient than video, so keep clips short — 3 to 6 seconds is ideal.
- Lower the width or FPS to cut the size dramatically.
- The converter uses a two-pass color palette, which gives noticeably better quality than basic GIF tools at the same size.
Related tools
If you need a single still image from your clip, use the video frame extractor. To share the full video, shrink it with the video compressor instead.
Everything runs inside your browser: your video is never uploaded and there is no watermark.
FAQ
Why limit the clip to a short duration?
GIFs have no compression like video codecs — a long, high-FPS GIF gets huge fast. Keeping clips under ~10-15 seconds gives the best size/quality balance.
How can I make the GIF smaller?
Lower the width and FPS, or trim to a shorter duration.